directory comey as well as top u.s. intelligence xhit xhcommun officials will testify similarly. when we talk about tax reform, health care, the fact that these conversation are still being had on intelligence committees led by republicans only would add to the notion that republicans are still asking these questions in addition to democrats. that means that potentially president trump could have weakened political capital because so many republicans such as senator lindsey graham, senator john mccain continue to ask questions about this. and kate, how damaging is that statement from nunes? it s damaging. first of all, nunes, yes, by leaking some of the classified information does not bode well. yes, it s intel against tellige for us to know what is going organization but to can accept the meeting does not bode west well.
fixing things like trump said he was going to. they very much need to communicate better. because we need to know what their plans are. we need to know what are you replacing it with. are you just going to take it away and not give us something in return or are you going to take away and give us something equal or better that is affordable to the people that need the insurance. reporter: now, there has been much talk about the build up and pushing of this bill. donald trump visited only one state to tout this health care replacement bill, that was last week when he visited kentucky. and if you look at town halls, most of the town halls that senators and congressmen and women had around the country actually took place before this bill was introduced. and in a lot of places like here in kansas, there was no such town recall for people to ask questions to express their doubts, concerns. adam thierer: wishes for this potential bill. i spent the last two weeks over in places like loui
win their support distanced himself from any blame. despite his own immediate repeal promises. i never said repeal it and replace it within 64 days. reporter: and he said fault lies with democrats. i think the losers are nancy pelosi and chuck schumer because now they own obamacare, known it 100%. reporter: those party leaders celebrating a victory, perhaps the happiest they have looked since november 7. today a victory for the affordable care act, more importantly for the american people. reporter: and willing they say to work with president trump who hinted his deal making may look toward democrats next time. if they got together with us and got a real health care bill, i d be totally open to it and i think that is going to happen. reporter: so the president reaching out to democrats and will they be able to come together on anything now. certainly democrats feel good about being able to protect a
possible even mr. trump himself were monitored by the u.s. during the transition. now he s backtracking. peter alexander has details. is. reporter: the republican chair of the house intelligence committee devin nunes now saying he s not sure if president trump and his associates were monitored by u.s. spies or just mentioned by foreigners under surveillance. we don t know until we won t know that until we actually receive all of the documentation. reporter: it s a dramatic reversal from the certainty nun nunes said earlier. i have seen reports that clearly show that the president trump and his team were i guess at least monitored. reporter: president trump at the time saying that he felt vindicated. i somewhat do, i must tell you, i somewhat do. reporter: so given the fact devin nunes doesn t know if the president was monitored or even mentioned, what was he vindy
to try to convince the freedom caucus in particular because that s where he needed to get the most votes, he didn t have the kind of can t that you would need. he also wasn t plildly olitical aligned with the freedom caucus. many times the president goes to the hill to get votes because it s i ve been there with you the whole time, we re all politically aligned and i ll be there for you. i don t think any of that an applied to trump. zerlena, president trump said maybe this is for the best. what is your view? that is interesting spin, but after seven years, republicans weren t even able to put a bill on the floor to repeal and replace obamacare. because the truth is they really didn t have anything to replace bochl c.a.r.e. with this entire time. it was just political theater. and i think that president trump wishes that this is for the best, but both he and paul ryan are going to own this and they look pretty incompetent. you don t put a bill on the